San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1887-07-02
EDITORIAL BREVITIEs

naiI Wnen III accepts ali pTOhlUlIiOh tele-
grams from Iowa rs gospel.
MONEY grows tig at the east be-
cause those who have a surplns there
seem greatly inclined to spread constd-
cradle o. IL around loose in the south and
west.
GROVER has taken to Orseback riding,
next September he says he will take to
the woods. In November 1883 he will
probably take to the woods and stay
there.
ANDREW CARNEGIE has been there, mil
liOnaiTe as he Ia, and knows how 1t Is
himself. When his hands wanted an
| advance, Andie sided with the men and
the unsympathiZing company bad to
come up twelve per cent.
IF IT is In order for man to squeeze
two and half millions out OF the pOck-
cts OF his friend, how much would be the
proper finger when he had his squeeZer
on the pocket OF his enemy.
CINCINNATI and eastern papers are still
burdened with the particulars Of the FL
deity bank fraud. The rOttenness
grows more absolutely rotten rs the In
vestigatiOn progresses.
UNCLE SAM will make these Infdelity
bank officials holy terror to national
bank transgressers before sunset OF his
day of judgment. For this purpose were
governments ordaint d-to become ter
ror unto evil doors.
The Houston refrigerator scheme
took dose of catnip and has gone to
sleep. The Post cannot even hear 1t
| snOre, so sOundly Ia ii slumbering in its
little bed.
The Texarkana Times insists that the
crusaders have captured the Fort Worth
Gazette, and the Times Is peeling its
optics for glance at the GaZette's new
"WOman's suffrage" flag.
QUEEN VIC was very happy over her
jubilee. IL she would only call off her
pack of coercion hounds and give poor,
distressed and hunted Ireland a chance
to be happy, the jubilee juice would not
sour so soon.
The Fort Worth Gazette, in referring
to that case OF street car infanticide, gets
badly mixed on the driver and on the
woman, but comes out truthfully on the
mule. The Gazette holds the driver for
trial, releases the woman and fraterniZes
with the mule.
The prOhibitionists insist on carving
their church question, OF wine drinking,
into politics. In the transmission they
have not forgotten one of the essentials
OF religious service-the art of taking up
a collection.
ASSOCIATED PRESS was so hard up for
dispatch matter yesterday that it tele.
graphed four sheets of reprint OF Jeil
Davis letter to the Baltimore Sun as tel
egraph news. Such enterprise would
not turn wet hair in dog days.
ONE advantage would come to San An
tonic among the disadvantages Of hav-
ing the San Antonio and Arkansas Pass
road pass into the control Of the Santa
Fe. 1t would open the northwest eX-
tension and give us Denver outlet in
particularly short meter.
NOTHING mean about San Antonio.
She packs up her grip sack. lays in her
supply OF patriotism and salies forth to
spend her sheckels In building up the
business of some other city. Where does
charity begin?
IRON manufacturing in America has
taken big jump and II rapid stride, but
none too long nor OOrapid. In order TO
meet the present demand. iron impOrta-
tiOns are averaging 81 100000 a month.
There is still a margin for American ex-
pansiVeness.
HoUsTON wants to know what en-
cOuragement and support Texas news-
papers will give Texas paper mill If
Houston will wait about six months
and see what support that new paper
mill pans out which San Antonio Il
quietly preparing to build, she will get
her answer al first hands.
The hard work of an election race is
always done very near the home stretch.
Ii is very seldom the horse that makes
the running from the start that comes
under the wire winner. The ants are
showing signs of taking up the running
after winding the other nag little and
finding out just how much speed there
is in it's heels.
The princess of Wales. who has long
been accepted In royal circles rs decid-
eddy skillful with her brush, Is this year,
for the first time, an exhibitor at the
Royal society for painting in water col
Ors. She sends charming picture of
Windsor as seen from the river, which lie
highly spoken of by the critics.
The North American Review for May
has an article on high license pertinent
to these times, from the pen of +. Ii.
Crosby. The prOhibitionists will find
statistical matter there that they can
chew the cud of refleCtiveness upon for
while. The LIGHT will give resume
at some time between now and August
4 of Mr.. CrOsby's statements and con-
illusions.
QUITE q moving tale of pSrChed
ground, forest and prairie fires, stunted
crop, suffering cattle, and unpreGedent-
ed drOuth comes from sections OF lit
nOis and Wisconsin. Streams have
become polluted by dying fish, so severe
has been the drOuth. and water grows
scarce for men and cattle. The Calam-
ity is APPALLING and discounts the worst
sections of our late drOuth area in
Texas.
Fort WORTH can mix things. When
the prOhibs had their grand rally there
one member Of the committee on decOra-
tiOns was prominent wholesale liquor
dealer. The ants are going to have a
rally and it is expected that the services
will be returned. The Gazette ia ex-
cusable. it represents The town. Every
thing lie bounded by its bearing on Fort
Worth. Very straight, but mighty mar
row.
The Beeville Bee is strong prohibi-
ton paper, but il finds so little prohibi-
tiOn comfort in Iowa dispatches and
letters that it has wisely concluded not
to draw these frailties from their dread
abode. The Bee is also sevely exer-
oised over the indisoreet mOuthings OF
certain prohibitiOnists, whose bitter de-
nunciatiOns, printed in certain religious
journals, are coming home to Texas to
roOst. There is very healthy crop OF
prOhib curses to mature about August !
in a "buck-nigger" and "bo-Dutch"
vote.
Mr.. Meusebach Resigns.
The following circular has been issued
he the Southern Pacific comnnnv from